TABLE 2 |
KENYA AND
UGANDA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL
INDUSTRIES IN 2003 |
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(Metric tons unless
otherwise specified) |
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Annual |
Country and commodity |
Major operating companies |
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Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
KENYA |
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Carbon
dioxide gas, natural |
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Carbacid Ltd. |
|
Kereita |
|
NA. |
Cement |
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Bamburi Cement Ltd. |
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Mombasa |
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1,100,000. |
Do. |
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|
do. |
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Nairobi |
|
1,000,000. |
Do. |
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East African
Portland Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Athi River |
|
550,000. |
Do. |
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Athi River
Mining Ltd. |
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Kaloleni |
|
100,000. |
Diatomite |
|
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African
Diatomite Industries Ltd. |
|
Kariandusi and Soysambu |
|
4,000. |
Fluorspar |
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Kenya Fluorspar
Ltd. |
|
Kerio Valley |
|
120,000. |
Glass |
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Central Glass
Industries Ltd. |
|
Nairobi |
|
51,100. |
Do. |
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Impala Glass
Industries Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
NA. |
Gold |
kilograms |
|
International
Gold Exploration AB |
|
Akala, Lolgorien, and Kisii |
|
155. |
Lead, refined
secondary |
|
|
Associated
Battery Manufacturers Co. Ltd. |
|
Athi River |
|
3,000. |
Lime |
|
|
Athi River
Mining Ltd. |
|
Kaloleni |
|
27,000. |
Do. |
|
|
Homa Lime
Company Ltd |
|
Koru |
|
30,000. |
Petroleum, refined |
thousand 42 -gallon |
|
Kenya Petroleum
Refineries Ltd. [Government, 50%; |
|
Mombasa |
|
32,850. |
|
barrels |
|
British
Petroleum plc, Caltex Oil (Kenya) Ltd., and |
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, 50%] |
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Salt |
|
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Magadi Soda Ash Ltd. (Brunner
Mold Group Ltd, 100%) |
|
Magadi |
|
40,000. |
Do. |
|
|
Krystalline Salt
Ltd. |
|
Nairobi |
|
NA. |
Do. |
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Mombasa Salt
Works Ltd. |
|
Mombasa |
|
NA. |
Do. |
|
|
Salt
Manufacturers Kenya Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
NA. |
Soda ash |
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Magadi Soda Ash
Ltd. (Brunner Mold Group Ltd, 100%) |
|
Magadi |
|
350,000. |
Sodium silicate |
|
|
Athi River Mining Ltd. |
|
Athi River and Kaloleni |
|
20,000. |
Steel:1 |
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Crude2 |
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Kenya United Steel Co. Ltd.
(E.A. Wire Industries Ltd., 81%) |
|
Mombasa |
|
20,000. |
Rolled |
|
|
Mabati Rolling Mills Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
120,000. |
Do. |
|
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Standard Rolling
Mills Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
40,000. |
Do. |
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Kenya United
Steel Co. Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
30,000. |
Do. |
|
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Steelmakers Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
30,000. |
Sulfuric acid |
|
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East African
Heavy Chemicals |
|
Webuye |
|
NA. |
Do. |
|
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Kel Chemicals
Ltd. |
|
Thika |
|
NA. |
Vermiculite3 |
|
|
Kenmag
Investments Ltd. |
|
Lodosoit |
|
2,000. |
UGANDA |
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Cement |
|
|
Hima Cement Industries Ltd.
(Bamburi Cement Ltd., 70%) |
|
Kasese |
|
300,000. |
Do. |
|
|
Tororo Cement
Industries Ltd. |
|
Tororo |
|
220,000. |
Cobalt 4
|
|
Kasese Cobalt Company Ltd. (MFC
Bancorp Ltd., 75%; |
|
Kasese |
|
1,000. |
|
Government, 25%) |
|
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Lead, refined secondary |
|
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Uganda Batteries Ltd. |
|
Kampala |
|
1,000. |
Steel:5 |
|
|
|
|
Crude |
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Steel Corp. of East Africa Ltd. (subsidiary of Madhvani Group) |
|
Jinja |
|
25,000. |
Do. |
|
|
Steel Rolling
Mills Ltd. (subsidiary of Alam Group Ltd.) |
|
do. |
|
21,000. |
Billet |
|
|
Steel Corp. of East
Africa Ltd. (subsidiary of Madhvani Group) |
do. |
|
60,000. |
Rolled |
|
|
do. |
|
do. |
|
101,200. |
Do. |
|
|
Steel Rolling
Mills Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
24,000. |
Do. |
|
|
BM Technical
Services Ltd. |
|
Mbarara |
|
20,000. |
Do. |
|
|
Sembule Steel
Mills Ltd. |
|
Kampala |
|
20,000. |
Tungsten |
|
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Krone Uganda
Ltd. |
|
Nyamurilo |
|
115. |
Vermiculite |
|
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Canmin Resources
Ltd. (subsidiary of International |
|
Namekara |
|
25,000. |
|
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|
Business Investments Corp.) |
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NA Not available. |
1In addition to its crude and rolled steel facilities, Kenya has
three galvanized steel plants with a capacity of 210,000 metric tons per year
(t/yr). |
2Has not operated since 1998. |
3Has not operated since 2000. |
4Ceased cobalt production in August 2002. |
5In addition to its crude, billet, and rolled steel facilities,
Uganda has a galvanized steel plant with a capacity of 30,000 t/yr. |
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